Jennifer Down
Jennifer Down | |
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| Born | 1990 (age 33–34) |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | Australian |
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| Notable works | Bodies of Light (2021) |
| Notable awards | Miles Franklin Award (2022) |
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Jennifer Down (born 1990) is an Australian novelist and short story writer. She won the 2022 Miles Franklin Award for her novel Bodies of Light.
Biography
[edit]Down was in born 1990.[1] She studied arts at University of Melbourne before studying professional writing and editing at RMIT.[2]
Down has worked as a writer, editor, and a translator.[2]
Awards and recognition
[edit]Down won the 2014 Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize for "Aokigahara"[3] and received third prize in The Age Short Story Award for "A Ticket to Switzerland" in 2010.[2]
Down's first novel, Our Magic Hour, was shortlisted for the 2014 Victorian Premier's Unpublished Manuscript Award.[4] She was chosen as one of The Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelists in 2017 for Pulse Points and 2018 for Bodies of Light.[5] She won the Steele Rudd Award at the Queensland Literary Awards[6] and the Readings Prize in 2018 for Pulse Points.[2]
Her 2021 novel, Bodies of Light, won the 2022 Miles Franklin Award[7] and was shortlisted for the 2022 Victorian Premier's Prize for Fiction,[8] the 2022 Stella Prize,[9] the 2022 fiction The Age Book of the Year,[10] the 2022 Barbara Jefferis Award[11] and the 2022 Voss Literary Prize.[12]
Works
[edit]- Down, Jennifer (2016). Our Magic Hour. Melbourne: The Text Publishing Company. p. 304. ISBN 978-1925240832.
- —— (2017). Pulse Points: Stories. Melbourne: The Text Publishing Company. p. 240. ISBN 978-1925355970.
- —— (2021). Bodies of Light. Melbourne: The Text Publishing Company. p. 448. ISBN 978-1925773590.
References
[edit]- ^ "Down, Jennifer, 1990–". viaf.org. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Jennifer Down". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
- ^ "Down wins 2014 Elizabeth Jolley Prize". Books+Publishing. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ "Victorian Premier's Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript 2014". The Wheeler Centre. Archived from the original on 7 March 2021.
- ^ Steger, Jason (29 April 2018). "The 2018 Best Young Australian Novelists: Jennifer Down, Pip Smith and more". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
- ^ "Queensland Literary Awards 2018 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
- ^ Story, Hannah (20 July 2022). "Winner of $60,000 literary award draws attention to systemic abuses in Australian out-of-home care". ABC News. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
- ^ "VPLAs 2022 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 7 December 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
- ^ "Stella Prize 2022 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
- ^ "Age Book of the Year 2022 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ^ "Barbara Jefferis Award 2022 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 22 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ^ "Short List 2022". The Voss Literary Prize. 4 November 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- At home with Jennifer Down, The Garret podcast and transcript
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